Chocolate Poop and Gummy Boogers

Last October I named the Top 10 Grossest Halloween Candies, an assortment of the creepiest-looking trick-or-treat offerings I could find. But as with Apple gadgets and conical pizza, progress is inevitable; today there's a new generation of Gross. I filled my online shopping carts at Candywarhouse.com and other stores. Then I asked seven-year-old twins Ella and Liam Wilson of Brooklyn (sweets aficionados and neighbors of The Foodist's Andrew Knowlton) to rank and evaluate the grossness of each.

Liam: "They look sort of like boogers, but they feel like gummy worms. Actually, they don't look gross--they look kind of good."

Ella: "You could trick a young kid with these."

Ella: "This looks like plastic, but the details are kind of cool."

Liam: "The ghoul hand looks more realistic than the skeleton hand."

Liam: "The finger ones look kind of real."

Ella: "What are these floating in? The finger is creepy."

Rat. That the consumption of an actual rat during Survivor'sinaugural season 10 years ago is STILL one of TV's most memorable moments is a testimonialto the rodent's foulness. And though the red gummy version may not foolanyone, the life-sized black rats could elicit a scream ifcarefully positioned--say, for instance, filling a bath tub. $28.35 for24; Gummi Pet Rats/Gummi Pet Tarantulas; jellybelly.com

Liam: "It looks realistic, but it would be more realistic if it had red eyes."

Ella: "You could trick someone into thinking you were biting thehead off of a real rat--but if it were a real rat, I wouldn't want toeat it."

Liam:"This looks more realistic than regular gummy worms. When you stretchit out and then let it go, it moves like a real earthworm. This couldfool a fish. If you put it in the dirt and pull it out, someone mightthink it's real."

Urine Sample. A visual joke lost on children, perhaps, but these cups aredisturbingly close to the real thing. Seeing anyone gulp yellow liquid(supposedly lemonade-flavored) from one of these will result in adouble- or spit-take. $10 for 5; Tower of Sour Liquid Candy UrineSamples; candywarehouse.com